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Helping the company and helping the harassed are not exclusive. If there is someone who is truly harassing employees, it behooves the company to get rid of them

Helping the company and helping the harassed are not exclusive. If there is someone who is truly harassing employees, it behooves the company to get rid of them as quickly as possible because people like that are a tremendous liability. I know a number of people who work in employment law and I hear stories all of the time how getting accused of sexual harassment will get you rail-roaded out of any modern workplace. I'm sure there are some totally degenerate companies which will try to cover it up and discredit the accuser, but I can't imagine a place look google is one of them. Besides all of which, sexual harassment suits are civil suits so I'm not sure what you expect the police to do.

kenjackson 16y ago
"Helping the company and helping the harassed are not exclusive. If there is someone who is truly harassing employees, it behooves the company to get rid of them as quickly as possible because people like that are a tremendous liability." You would think, but reality is sometimes different. The problem is that these things are often he said/she said, and HR does not want to do anything that creates the appearance that one-side is telling the truth, because this opens them up. Or if there was negligence in the past, this makes them vulnerable to federal law. Or if they have a pending lawsuit. I'm not saying every company is out to screw you, but why take an unnecessary chance? And sexual harassments suits are civil suits (that's kind of a tautology), but sexual harassment itself can be criminal. This is a common incorrect belief you noted. It can even be a felony in some cases. This is why I suggest talking to the police (or an attorney) as you're not likely to know the law in your state (and there is also federal law on the books too). And why don't you imagine Google is the type to cover something like this up? Is it because of their motto? I don't have as much faith in multibillion dollar corporations as you do.

kenjackson 16y ago

"Helping the company and helping the harassed are not exclusive. If there is someone who is truly harassing employees, it behooves the company to get rid of them as quickly as possible because people like that are a tremendous liability." You would think, but reality is sometimes different. The problem is that these things are often he said/she said, and HR does not want to do anything that creates the appearance that one-side is telling the truth, because this opens them up. Or if there was negligence in the past, this makes them vulnerable to federal law. Or if they have a pending lawsuit. I'm not saying every company is out to screw you, but why take an unnecessary chance? And sexual harassments suits are civil suits (that's kind of a tautology), but sexual harassment itself can be criminal. This is a common incorrect belief you noted. It can even be a felony in some cases. This is why I suggest talking to the police (or an attorney) as you're not likely to know the law in your state (and there is also federal law on the books too). And why don't you imagine Google is the type to cover something like this up? Is it because of their motto? I don't have as much faith in multibillion dollar corporations as you do.